Trauma surgeons’ role in gun violence prevention is hampered by restrictions on funding for research with implications for public health interventions.

The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them.

Principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence guide trauma-informed care. Care ethics should also support this framework for responding to the health needs of trafficked patients.

Groupthink is an ethical problem because unconscious bias or the status quo may prevent appropriate medical response to trafficking victims and survivors.

A judicious approach to autism would be to replace a “disability” or “illness” paradigm with a “diversity” perspective that takes into account both strengths and weaknesses and the idea that variation can be positive in and of itself.

Advocating for justice in health care means seeking to reduce or prevent structural violence created by policies that deny coverage to some people.

Violence perpetrated against unarmed patients is common in health care, and evidence-based safety measures are needed to acknowledge and eradicate clinical violence.

Defining typical appearance as a goal of health service provision is harmful and unnecessary for traits that are stigmatized but neither harmful nor distressing.

The high prevalence of violence experienced by Native American women and femme-identifying individuals requires clinicians and staff to better understand social determinants of violence.

Benefits of physicians’ work with law enforcement personnel in field-based operations are ethically rich and complex.